Qantas to deploy A330s on weekday Australia network from next May

AUSTRALIAN flag carrier Qantas will deploy wide-body Airbus A330s on all weekday Sydney-Perth and Melbourne-Perth flights effective from May 2013.

A new Qantas A330, which landed in Sydney from the Airbus factory in Toulouse, will become the ninth A330 flying on the Qantas domestic network and will start flights within weeks.

Qantas Domestic CEO Lyell Strambi, who unveiled the new aircraft to over 1,000 Qantas employees at an event in Sydney, said the A330 aircraft was a vital part of the Qantas domestic strategy.

Qantas has 30 wide-body aircraft operating on domestic routes in Australia, made up of A330s and B767s. With the A330s, next generation Boeing 737-800 and a growing fleet of regional aircraft including the Boeing 717 for intra-West Australian and Queensland routes and Bombardier Q400 aircraft, Qantas is well positioned for growth in Australia, said Mr Strambi.